Poultry-coop.



C. I. BUMPASS.

POULTRY COOP.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 16, 1909.

939,798. Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 9, 1999.

Application filed March 16, 1909. Serial No. 483,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CLIFFORD l. BUMrAss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bumpass, in the county of Louisa and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Poultry-Coop; and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

rlhis invention pertains to a new and useful poultry coop or crate, andis designed primarily for shipping poultry and the like from place toplace; it may also be utilized for shipping commodities and the like, ifit is so desired by the applicant.

The invention in its broadest aspect, has for its essential object, theprovision of a coop of this design which is simple and efticient in itsdetails, and the structure of which is a great improvement over thestructure set forth in the Patent Number 592,194. The cost of productionof the coop, as hereinafter described and claimed, is much cheaper thanthe producing of the structure of the aboveset forth patent.

This invention comprises further objects and combinations of elementswhich will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointedout by the appended claim.

The features and elements and the arrangement thereof, for accomplishingthe objects of this device or apparatus, may be changed and varied, thatis to say, in an actual reduction to practice, with an understandingthat the changes and variations accruing from said reduction to practiceare limited to the scope of the appended claim.

To obtain a full and correct understanding of the details ofconstruction, combinations of features, elements and advantages,reference is to be had to the hereinafter set forth description and theaccompanying drawings in connection therewith, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective View of the improved poultry coop, clearly illustrating thenovel structure thereof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one corner ofthe coop, showing the structure of the bottom of the coop and the saidcorner. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view of another corner of thecoop, showing the manner in which the bottom is secured between twostrips, and to the sides and the corners of the coop. F ig. 4 is asectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. l, further illustrating the structureof the bottom and one of the ends of the coop. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, which also illustrates the structure of thebottom and one of the sides of the coop. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detailperspective views of the transverse metallic bracing strip, the angleslide or end and corner metallic bracing strips. Fig. 9 is a detail viewof the hinged closure for the coop? F 10 is a section on line 10-10 ofFig. 1.

ln regard to the annexed drawings, l designates the bottom of the coop,which is formed of transverse and longitudinal strips of wood or othermaterial 2, which forms a kind of mesh work, as clearly shown in thedrawings.

The lower portions of the sides and ends of the coop are composed ofstrips 3 and 4, the strips 4 are disposed so their end portions engagethe ends of the strips 3, that is to say, when they are permanentlyassembled. Rising from the end strips 4 are posts or standards 5, asshown clearly in Fig. l of the drawings.

Secured to the lower edges of the side strips 3 are strips or members 6,upon which the mesh work bottom rests, as will be clearly seen in Fig.3. Secured to the inner faces of the side strips 3 are the archedmembers 7, which together with the posts or standards 5 form substantialsupporting means for the wire mesh work 8 of the coop, as will be seenclearly in Fig. 1. These arched members 7 are traversed by the strips 9,which also form supporting means for the' said wire mesh work. Engagingthe inner faces of the side strips 3 and the upper face of the bottommesh work, and positioned be neath the lower ends of the arched membersare the securing strips 10, through which and the bottom, and into thestrips 6, sprigs, nails or other fastening means are driven, so as tosecure the bottom between the strips 6 and 10, so as to provide asubstantial structure.

Extending longitudinally of the coop and positioned above and below themesh work bottom are strips or binders 11 and 12. The strip l2 has itsends 13 positioned beneath the standards or posts 5, as shown clearly inthe drawings, reference being had to Fig. 4 of the drawings, while thestrip ll is secured in place at its ends by the sliding metallic anglemembers 14, which are secured by sprigs, nails or other fastening meansto the end pieces 4 of the coop. rlChe lower arms or members of themembers 14 have sprigs, nails or other fastening means penetratingtherethrough, and through the strip 11, the bottom of the coop and thestrip 12, so as to securely fasten the bottom and the strips 11 and 12securely together.

Extending transversely of the bottom of the coop is a metallicstrengthening member 15, which is positioned beneath the bottom andabove the strips 6 and 11, and its ends 16 are secured by sprigs orother fastening means to the side strips 3 of the coop.

The corners of the coop, which are formed by the side and end strips orpieces 3 and 4, are braced securely together by the U-shaped metallicmembers 17. These members 17 are secured in place, as shown clearly inFig. 2, by sprigs or other fastening means.

The members 14 and 17 act as slide plates for the coop, that is to say,when the coop is drawn or shoved across a surface, the wood structure ofthe coop is prevented from being marred or injured. The strips 6 and 11act as means for raising the mesh work bottom above a surface on whichthe coop is adapted to rest, so as to prevent injury to the same.

Adjacent to the upper edges of the strips 3 and 4 apertures 18 areformed, in which the ends of the strands of wire forming the mesh of thecoop are positioned, as shown clearly in Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings.

Secured between the upper portions of the central arched members and thecentral strip 9 are the hinged plates 19, the ends of which are formedinto coils to form eyes 20, for

the reception of the strengthening frame 21 of the door 22 of the coop,as shown clearly in the drawings.

Mesh work 23 is secured. to the frame of the door in the mannerillustrated in the drawings, and pivoted to the frame of the door, asshown at 24, is a catch 25, which is in the form of a loop, designed toengage one of the strips 9, so as to hold the door securely in a lockedrelation with the coop.

From the foregoing, the essential features, elements and the operationof the device, together with the simplicity thereof, will be clearlyapparent.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed, as new anduseful, is

In a coop, the combination with the slatted bottom, of side and 'endlpieces,- strips secured above and below the bottom at either sidethereof and adjacent the side pieces, U- shaped slide plates havingtheir lower portions secured to the said strips and having their upperportions secured and braced.v to

the side and end pieces, arched members `secured to the side pieces, andhaving their lower ends engaging said strips,'.thereby clamping theslatted bottom between said strips, said side pieces having apertures,and a wire mesh work interwoven about the arched members and inengagement with said apertures.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLIFFORD l. BUMPASS.

Vitnesses H. G. MAHANES, C. E. D. BURTIS.

